Rank
1721of 3,144
Travis, Texas
Score 6.19 / 10· population 1,334,961
About 1,335,000 people live in Travis, Texas. It ranks #1,721 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #189 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.25%, lower than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.31% of a home's value each year, more than in 86% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 95% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 69% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 98% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 53), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 96% of counties. On this site's state scores, Texas gets 8.15 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.2
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President3.0
- Sales tax4.3
- Property tax3.5
Environment
- Air quality4.7
- Floods / hurricanes0.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.5
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees9.6
- Single-parent households5.5